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Special court hears Varavara Rao´s and Shoma Sen´s bail plea

20/06/2020 Rani

19/06/2020

By The Real Anand Teltumbde / @TeltumbdeA

Court Updates June 19: Hearing for VV Rao’s Bail Application further extended to 26 June. For Shoma Sen the court has granted permission to the lawyers to speak to her over a whatsapp call for 10 minutes to better understand her health condition. The court has scheduled the hearing for Sen’s plea on June 26 as well.

SPECIAL COURT HEARS VARAVARA RAO’S INTERIM BAIL PLEA

20/06/2020

Hindustan Times / by Charul Shah

Veteran Telugu poet P Varavara Rao’s plea for interim bail was heard on Friday by the special judge, almost a month after Rao moved the special court seeking interim bail on May 15 … Meanwhile lawyers for Dr Shoma Sen obtained permission to speak to her through video call before making submissions on the interim bail filed for her.
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Accused Take Devendra Fadnavis, Two Hindutva Leaders to Court/ Challenging case transfer to NIA [Read Petition]

19/06/2020 Rani

The Wire / by Sukanya Shantha

The activists, Surendra Gadling and Sudhir Dhawale, have also sought response from the NIA for taking over the case 600 days after the Pune police’s investigation began.
Mumbai: After spending close to 750 days in jail, human rights activist Surendra Gadling and anti-caste activist and poet Sudhir Dhawale have challenged the state’s narrative of holding them and nine other human rights activists and lawyers in the prison and accusing them of being “urban Naxals”.
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ACCUSED CHALLENGE TRANSFER OF INVESTIGATION TO NIA [Read Petition]

Live Law / by Nitish Kashyap

Advocate Surendra Gadling and Activist Sudhir Dhawale, both accused of having maoist links and inciting the caste based violence that took place at at Koregaon Bhima on January 1, 2018 have filed a writ petition challenging the order of transfer of investigation in the case from Pune police to the National Investigation Agency passed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
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PETITION FILED IN BOMBAY HIGH COURT CHALLENGING TRANSFER OF CASE INVESTIGATION TO NIA

The Leaflet / by Ujjaini Chatterji

A Writ Petition has been filed before the High Court of Maharashtra at Bombay, challenging the transfer of the investigation for Bhima Koregaon and Elgar Parishad cases, to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The Petitioners in the writ are Advocate Surendra Gadling, prominent lawyer who is famous for his court craft and immense knowledge of criminal law, and Sudhir Dhawale, a freelance journalist and anti-caste activist. Both of them are presently lodged in the Taloja Central jail for their alleged involvement in the case.
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SC Defers Hearing On NIA Petition Against Gautam Navlakha

19/06/2020 Rani

India Legal / by India Legal

The Supreme Court has today asked the National Investigation Agency to provide Gautam Navlakha’s Counsel with a copy of its petition, while adjourning the matter till July 6. The interim order of the Court ordering stay on the Delhi High Court’s order will continue till then.
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Calling Attention: Varavara Rao´s health deteriorating rapidly

17/06/2020 Rani

Note by Meena Kandasamy @meenakandasamy

81-YR-OLD VARAVARA RAO DETERIORATING RAPIDLY
Calls by other inmates reveal he is very sick, vomiting often.
Covid-19 is raging in Taloja jail. No mass testing, swabs taken after death.
Save his life.
URGENT MEDICAL ATTENTION IS NEED OF THE HOUR
@OfficeofUT @PawarSpeaks

Interview with Maaysha: Please release my mother, Sudha Bharadwaj

17/06/2020 Rani

Rediff.com / by Prasanna D Zore

On August 28, 2020, the respected lawyer and human rights activist Sudha Bharadwaj will complete two years in jail …
“If somebody is working for poor people, then does it mean they are criminals?”, Maaysha, Bharadwaj’s daughter who got to speak with her mother after four months on June 9, asks Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com.
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Things Getting Really Bad in Overcrowded Maharashtra Prisons

16/06/2020 Rani

Newsclick / by Parth MN

Even after 2 deceased inmates were found COVID-19 positive, testing is not being done in Taloja where rights activists, mostly 60+, arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case have been lodged.
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OF 269 PRISON INMATES WHO TESTED POSITIVE IN MAHARASHTRA, 115 RECOVERED

The Hindu / by Sonam Saigal

As of June 13, 17, 695 screenings and 1681 swab tests were conducted in 10 Central Prisons in Maharashtra and in the Additional Director General, Prisons (ADGP) office of which 269 tested positive, 115 recovered and four died, the Bombay High Court was informed on Monday.
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Gadchiroli court rejects ‘Naxalite’ Varavara Rao’s bail plea

14/06/2020 Rani

The Times of India / by Vaibhav Ganjapure

Nagpur: The Gadchiroli sessions court has rejected the bail application of alleged Maoist Varavara Rao in the case of 39 trucks being burned by Naxalites on December 23, 2016. The 81-year-old applied for bail on the grounds of old age due to which he was a high risk for Covid-19 virus. He is currently in Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai.
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Update (June 12) regarding other bail hearing before special NIA Court
By Stand With Anand: Today judge and medical reports from Taloja jail & hospital were there. Time has been required by court to go through. Bail hearing is postponed to next Friday, 19 June.

Court seeks medical reports of Shoma Sen

12/06/2020 Rani

The Hindu / by Sonam Saigal

A special court on Friday directed Byculla jail authorities to submit, on June 19, the medical reports of professor Shoma Sen (61), an accused in the Elgaar Parishad case who is seeking interim medical bail.
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Update (June 12) by Stand With Anand: Today judge and medical reports from Taloja jail & hospital were there. Time has been required by court to go through.
Bail hearing is postponed to next Friday, 19 June.

NIA court adjourns bail plea hearing of Varavara Rao

10/06/2020 Rani

Hindustan Times / by HT Correspondent

05/06/2020

The special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Friday adjourned the plea hearing of Telugu poet P Varavara Rao to June 10, as prison authorities at Taloja jail have not submitted his medical reports.
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UPDATE (June 10): Poet Varavara Rao’s bail application hearing has been postponed to 12th of June due to unavailability of the judge today.

Video: Bhima Koregaon `Cover Up´

09/06/2020 Rani

en | 10:34 min | 2020

By Pedesterian Pictures

Though there is a mountain of evidence to prove their innocence, the 9 activists arrested, allegedly for their role in the Bhima Koregaon violence still remain in jail. And the witch-hunt only continues, resulting in the arrests of Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde, also charged with UAPA for the same case. While it is very evident that the case against Anand Teltumbde is fabricated, he was asked to surrender amidst the deadly pandemic along with Gautam Navlakha.
We demand the immediate release of all the 11 activists.
Watch video